Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)

Sunday 17 June 2012June 15, 2012 (JUBA) - The director of operations for brigade, one of Jonglei state’s auxiliary forces, Matthew Mathiang Magordit told reporters that Pibor county has become the focus of the state wide disarmament programme.
He (...)

Thursday 13 June 2013By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
June 12, 2013 (JUBA) - Over 500 illegal fires arms have been collected over the last week from civilians in Unity state’s Koch, Rubkotna and Mayom counties, according to the military. Commander of the SPLA’s (...)

Wednesday 1 February 2012January 31, 2012 (BOR) – Mary Ayen ran away with her two sisters and a brother from a village due to the recent insecurity in Jonglei state and settled in Bor town in December but now face the dilemma of where to get education when (...)

Monday 4 February 2013February 4, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s army has launched a second round of disarmament in Jonglei state’s Bor county, officials said, following deadly armed clashes between two clans of the Dinka tribe last month.
Two people died on (...)

Friday 31 May 2013May 30, 2013 (BOR) - The commissioner of South Sudan’s police in Jonglei state has reported that 85 AK47 rifles, 1 PKM machine guns and a number of pistols have been confiscated from civilians in a disarmament clampdown in Bor town on (...)

Monday 9 January 2012Adds revised death toll from 60 to 23. Adds number of injured and estimate for cattle raided.
January 8, 2012 (BOR) – Conflict between the Murle and Luo Nuer tribes in South Sudan’s Jonglei State continued on Sunday with the Murle (...)

Wednesday 19 December 2012December 18, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s army launched Monday a "successful" attack on the forces of Dak Kueth, a self-proclaimed prophet from Jonglei State, the military said on Tuesday. Uror County spiritual leader Dak Kueth before the (...)

Sunday 10 April 2011By Manyang Mayom
April 8, 2011 (RUMBEK) – South Sudan’s Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) program in Rumbek, the capital of Lakes state, presided on Thursday over the graduation of 676 ex-combatants in a ceremony (...)

Sunday 8 July 2012July 7, 2012 (BOR) – The governor of South Sudan’s Jonglei State has said that the security situation is “relaxing” across the troubled underdeveloped area of the world’s newest country. Kuol Manyang Juuk said that his focus was moving (...)

The Berlin Meeting: What’s at stake?2015-02-25 11:33:06
By the Sudan Democracy First Group (SDFG)
Between 25 and 27 February, Berlin will become the hub for the Sudanese unarmed and armed opposition, invited by the German Foreign Ministry and the (...)

Can a democratic government extend its own life?2015-02-23 07:32:25
By Dr Lam Akol
Last Thursday, the government tabled before parliament an amendment bill in order to amend the Constitution for the Government to extend its life for two more years. In a (...)

Press Release from the SPLM/A (IO) in Uganda2015-02-11 09:39:09
February 10, 2015
1. The office of the SPLM/A (IO) and the presence of its diplomatic representation that was established under the Kampala outcome of the 21st August 2014 is operational and has (...)